The size of the average American household has fallen dramatically - from six in 1850 to three in 2000. To explain this decline we model households as collections of roommates who share the costs of household public goods. If private goods are more income elastic than public goods, as we...

Societies socialize children about many things, including sex. Socialization is costly. It uses scarce resources, such as time and effort. Parents weigh the marginal gains from socialization against its costs. Those at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale indoctrinate their daughters less...

The intergenerational transmission of education is certainly a problem that continues to challenge most countries. The level of education that an individual rises to is linked to the education level(s) of her/his parents. This note serves as an alert to researchers undertaking empirical...

In den 25 Jahren zwischen 1994 und 2019 sind die Zahlen der Minderjährigen in Deutschland um 14,2 Prozent und in der EU-27 (ohne dem Vereinigten Königreich) um 15,1 Prozent zurückgegangen. Allerdings waren die Verläufe dabei sehr unterschiedlich. So haben die Werte in Deutschland im Jahr...

Familienpolitik hat Konjunktur und ist ins Zentrum der politischen Agenda gerückt, weil sie eng mit Demographie- und Wachstumspolitik verbunden ist. Über die Notwendigkeit einer wirksamen Familienpolitik herrscht Einigkeit, aber welches Konzept ist das richtige? Christa Stewens, Bayerische...

Die sächsische Bevölkerung hat seit 1990 kontinuierlich in jedem Jahr durchschnittlich um 0,79% abgenommen. Diese Bevölkerungsabnahme ergibt sich keineswegs, wie häufig angenommen, ausschließlich aus der Abwanderung, sondern aus der Summe aus den Bevölkerungsveränderungen aufgrund von...

This paper examines the relationship between parenthood and life satisfaction using longitudinal data on women from the German Socio-Economic Panel. Previous studies have focused on satisfaction differences between parents and comparable childless adults, mostly finding small and often negative...

The intergenerational transmission of education is certainly a problem that continues to challenge most countries. The level of education that an individual rises to is linked to the education level(s) of her/his parents. This note serves as an alert to researchers undertaking empirical...

Societies socialize children about many things, including sex. Socialization is costly. It uses scarce resources, such as time and effort. Parents weigh the marginal gains from socialization against its costs. Those at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale indoctrinate their daughters less...

The size of the average American household has fallen dramatically -from six in 1850 to three in 2000. To explain this decline we model households as collections of roommates who share the costs of household public goods. If private goods are more income elastic than public goods, as we document...